Would you consider DDR a sport or not. NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED

TBxVividos · Trick Member Joined: 26 Dec 2002 Location: Farmington, MN

duh its a sport.
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-playing since January 2003
-35 AA's, my favorite of which being "Freckles"
-2 console (max) oni's beat, and 3 arcade (Nearly = 130 92.7%, Soul6 93.0%, From Solo 92.7%)
-favorite songs: "So Deep", "Freckles", "A", "Ever Snow", "Xenon", "Drifting Away", "Burning Heat", "AM-3P (AM East Mix)", "Do You Remember Me"

JB4GDI · Trick Member Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Location: Derby, CT

DDR is most definitely not a sport. OK, I consider it a total workout. You use your feet to hit the arrows which are timed. This sounds more like simple dancing. Like, ever see those weird black and white dance patterns that rolled out on the floor from the 1950s and under? It's like that. A simple set of rules tells you where to go, and it's up to you if you follow to the letter or not. True, the game does keep track of a score, but so does like, every NES game ever made. And those aren't even close to being considered sports. Like, Track and Field for the NES involved a game pad. That was not a sport. That was simple exercise, much like DDR.

Also, there's not much competition. Sometimes, you are competing with someone (ie, just playing along side somebody to see who gets the higher score), but even then, most of it is done solo. I mean, I couldn't even see like, DDR tournaments considered 'sports' because it's more like an event. People there just judge you, and there is no real guage of who is the best. There are so many aspects too. Style, rhythm, choreography, etc etc.... It's as much of a sport as playing in the All-State Band (or, like I said to my friend, cheerleading is as qualified for the word "sport" as Pep-band is). Not to mention there is no ball involved.

I dunno it's a weird subject. I just consider my home DDR as a Workout machine and a video game. Nothing else.

-Jaime